The Superintendent of Durant Public School District shall develop the driver education and training curriculum according to the rules and regulations established by the state board of education which will provide driver education training to eligible students of the district.
The Durant Public School District shall prescribe regulations determining who can best profit by and who shall receive instruction under this program. It is provided, however, that any student receiving instruction under this chapter shall be:
a. Fourteen years of age or above;
b. A regularly enrolled student in the ninth, tenth, eleventh or twelfth grades; and
c. A full‑time student in the respective secondary school.
The state driver education and training program in secondary schools of this state shall include a program of study for alcohol and safety education as it pertains to driver and highway safety and shall also include instruction relating to organ and tissue donation and organ and tissue donation procedures, and shall include instruction on the litter laws of the state and the responsibilities of the driver and all passengers to dispose of litter in the proper container. § 37‑25‑5
Any driver education student under fifteen (15) years of age shall secure a learner’s permit issued by the Department of Public Safety which shall be valid only while the student is under the direct supervision of a driver education instructor and is actually enrolled in an approved course of driver education which consists of thirty (30) hours of classroom and six (6) hours of dual driving instruction. The learner’s permit shall expire at the end of the driver training course. The Department of Public Safety shall charge a fee of One Dollar ($1.00) for the issuance of a learner’s permit. § 37‑25‑7
LEGAL REF.: MS CODE as cited
Mississippi Public School Accountability Standards (2003)
CROSS REF.: Policy IB C Instructional Goals